Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1964

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,116 babies) and James for boys (1,634). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,577 babies born in Kentucky in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Glenna: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wilma: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tena: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Freda: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vonda: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Della: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Edwina: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billie: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeanie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Johnna: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Timmy: 99 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jackie: 70 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Scottie: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Scotty: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Stevie: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Homer: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Randell: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dallas: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 280 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,116	–	1
2	Mary	863	–	2
3	Kimberly	623	↑3	6
4	Tammy	618	↑1	10
5	Teresa	557	↓2	21
6	Karen	553	↑1	4
7	Donna	552	↓3	7
8	Patricia	433	↑3	5
9	Pamela	427	↓1	11
10	Sandra	420	↓1	13
11	Angela	400	↑3	22
12	Deborah	392	↑3	12
13	Susan	381	↓1	3
14	Linda	371	↓4	8
15	Kathy	335	↑1	39
16	Sharon	334	↑4	20
17	Brenda	332	↓4	18
18	Laura	322	↑12	14
19	Tina	309	↑6	34
20	Sherry	308	↑1	50
21	Rhonda	296	↑5	43
22	Melissa	292	↑17	53
23	Robin	289	↑5	27
24	Elizabeth	286	↑5	16
25	Cynthia	271	↓8	9
26	Paula	262	↓2	45
27	Jennifer	258	↑5	31
28	Barbara	255	↓5	19
29	Rebecca	249	↓2	46
30	Connie	240	↓11	64
31	Debra	235	↓13	24
32	Sheila	229	↓1	51
33	Julie	197	↑13	17
34	Nancy	191	↑1	26
35	Carol	189	↑6	36
36	Janet	183	↑2	48
37	Theresa	181	↓1	38
38	Carolyn	180	↑4	56
39	Cindy	179	↓2	47
40	Debbie	179	↓7	52
41	Cheryl	175	↓7	29
42	Lori	171	↓20	15
43	Judy	169	↓3	74
44	Vickie	155	–	>100
45	Betty	154	new	>100
46	Denise	154	↑2	25
47	Kelly	153	–	35
48	Michelle	152	new	23
49	Dana	151	new	70
50	Jacqueline	147	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	1,634	–	4
2	David	1,282	–	3
3	John	1,259	↑1	2
4	Michael	1,133	↓1	1
5	Robert	1,074	–	5
6	William	1,045	–	7
7	Mark	797	–	6
8	Timothy	735	↑1	15
9	Charles	711	↓1	17
10	Jeffrey	650	–	10
11	Richard	558	–	8
12	Joseph	518	↑1	11
13	Steven	476	↑4	12
14	Thomas	471	–	9
15	Gregory	457	↓3	22
16	Paul	457	–	16
17	Kevin	456	↓2	13
18	Kenneth	442	–	18
19	Gary	404	↑1	26
20	Anthony	396	↑3	21
21	Donald	368	↓2	25
22	Terry	355	–	35
23	Ricky	326	↓2	54
24	Ronald	292	–	24
25	Jeffery	284	↑2	45
26	Billy	280	↑6	71
27	Larry	278	↓1	36
28	Stephen	277	↑3	29
29	Christopher	272	↑7	23
30	Jerry	261	↓5	40
31	Daniel	250	↑2	19
32	Douglas	241	↓2	31
33	Barry	240	↑11	69
34	Danny	239	↓5	56
35	Brian	237	–	20
36	Scott	233	↓8	14
37	Keith	227	–	34
38	Tony	226	↓4	50
39	Bobby	222	↓1	73
40	Randy	222	↑1	38
41	George	214	↓2	33
42	Roger	208	↓2	49
43	Edward	204	↓1	27
44	Phillip	190	↑3	67
45	Todd	179	↓2	28
46	Jimmy	177	↑2	78
47	Darrell	175	↓2	96
48	Dennis	173	↑1	42
49	Patrick	168	new	30
50	Ronnie	162	–	>100

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